This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Like Mars, but much closer.

After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.

This lovely burial mound is actually a replica that was installed after archeologists excavated the original.

Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.

Incredible miniature towns and buildings created and decorated with thousands of tiny rocks.

A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

This "Plant Farm Museum" is home to the divinely inspired and visionary outsider artwork of Reverend Howard Finster.

Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.

A white oak with property rights.

The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.

This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.

Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

They call this long foot bridge a swinging bridge, but really it's the bouncing you have to watch out for.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.